$30,000 to assist in funding the participation of young African women in the African Leadership centre, their placements in feminist organisations and mentoring by feminist leaders.

$15,000 to mobilize grassroots women to actively participate in the 2011 local level elections in 8 Local Government Areas (Zaria, SabonGari, Kudan, Makarfi, Ikara, Kubau, Soba and Lere) of Kaduna State.

$15,000 to support the expansion of GROOTS work under the “Champions for Transformative Leadership” project under the Women Leadership and Governance program.

$10,000 to provide training and start up capital for women living with HIV/AIDS and out of school girls.

$4,500 to build the capacity of bar maids (Bawa groups) in the Kibera slum area in the management of their businesses. Part of the grant will also be used to wage a HIV/AIDS stigma reduction campaign in the Kibera slum area.

$1,500 to support the participation of a young woman living with HIV&AIDS in the ICASA 2011 conference.

$1,000 to undertake a week long campaign on HIV prevention involving meetings with diverse groups of community members including church leaders, opinion leaders, teachers and adolescent. An HIV educational road show will be organized to round off the activities.

$3,000 to support Jacinta Nyachae, Executive Director of AIDS Law to participate in ICASA 2012

$30,000 to re-grant to selected LBTI and female sex worker groups in East Africa to undertake various human rights projects. This will strengthen individuals, organizations and networks of the LGBTI and sex worker movement and other sexual health and rights organizations.

$15000 is recommended as AWDF’s contribution for the construction and furnishing of a memorial library in honour of the late Dolphine M. A. Okech.